| Description |
1 online resource (48 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Men-at-arms ; 463 |
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Men-at-arms series ; 463.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Imprint; INTRODUCTION; CHRONOLOGY; MAIN WARLORD ARMIES, 1916-30; OTHER WARLORDS; FOREIGN ADVISORS & MERCENARIES; ARMS & EQUIPMENT; UNIFORMS; PLATE COMMENTARIES; INDEX |
| Summary |
Humiliatingly defeated in the Sino-Japanese War 1894-95 and the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, Imperial China collapsed into revolution and a republic was proclaimed in 1912. From the death of the first president in 1916 to the rise of the Nationalist Kuomintang government in 1926, the differing regions of this vast country were ruled by endlessly forming, breaking and re-forming alliances of regional generals who ruled as 'warlords'. These warlords acted essentially as local kings and much like Sengoku-period Japan, fewer, larger power-blocks emerged, fielding armies hundreds of thousands strong. I |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Armies -- China -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare.
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Armies
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History, Military -- 1912-1949.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92000658
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China -- History -- Republic, 1912-1949.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024107
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| Subject |
China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Walsh, Stephen, 1966-
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| ISBN |
9781849084031 |
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1849084033 |
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1780964692 |
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9781780964690 |
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